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Patented Nov. l, |898.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A. HILL, 'OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OE TWO-THIRDS TO JAMESL. MALLORY AND EDGAR A. HILL, OF SAME PLAGE.

CAR-DOOR BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,274, dated November1, 1898.

Application filed September 14, 1897. Serial No. 651,569 (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known th'at I, EDWARD A. HILL, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Door Brackets, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part' of -thisspecification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bracketsfor supporting and guiding doors of freight-cars; and it has for itsobjec'tto provide a bracket of novel and peculiar construction which canbe secured to the car in such a manner that the bracket cannot bedetached while the door remains in place, thereby preventing thesnrreptitious openin g of thecar while it is sealed by removing thebracket from the outside and springing the door of the car open at thebottom sufficient to admit a person into the car and allow of theremoval of some or all of its contents.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple device forsecuring the bracket to the car, which device isinaccessible while thecar-door remains in place.

Another object of the invention is to construct a car-door bracket insuch a way that the bracket, in conjunction with the cardoor, willentirely, and completely conceal from view the means for securing thebracket to the car.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front View of my improvedbracket. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken through the bracket and aportion of the car-door. Fig. 3 is a lsectional view showing the mannerin which the lag-screw is arranged in the bracket and also illustratingthe relation of the parts while the bracket is being secured in place.

Referringto the drawings, in which like letters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the figures, A designates a bracket which isfastened to the side of the car, below the edge of the door, andpreferably to the sill B of the car-frame, by a bolt C. The bracket inits general form is of the usual construc- .the Way of the latter.

tion, and the door D is arranged to slide back and forth on its upperface E, beingheld in place by the nose E.

The bolt C, any number of which may be used, will fasten the bracket tothe car; but it is obvious that the nut c may be unscrewed from thebolt, the bolt Withdrawn, and the bracket removed from the car after thecardoor has been sealed and without unsealing the same if no othersecuring means were provided. In this event freight-cars can be robbedwhile the cars are in transit and the brackets replaced and fastened bythe bolts without leaving any trace of the fact which can be observed bythe inspectors who examine the cars at intervals. `It is to avoid theseobjections that security-brackets have been adopted so largely byrailroads, and I have devised the following improved securing means forpreventing this unlawful removal of the brackets and plundering of thecar. The bracket A is provided with a pocket G in its upper face, and alag-screw H is adapted to pass through an opening g in the rear wall ofthe bracket and be screwed into the carsill. This lag-screw is providedwith a rec tangular-shaped head h, which rests in the pocket adjacent tothe rear wall of the bracket and is entirely concealed and covered bythe bracket itself and the door which operates over the pocket G toclose the same.

The manner of applying the bracket to a car is illustrated in Fig. 3, inwhich it will be observed that the lag-screw H is inserted in itsposition in' the pocket G and the opening g before the bracket isfastened by the bolt O. The opening g is provided with .an inclinedlower edge g to permit the lag-screw to be readily inserted, asindicated in the figure. The lag-screw being in a horizontal position,resting in the pocket G and the opening g, the bracket is placed againstthe car-sill and a wrench is used to screw the lag-screw into theVcar-sill until its head lies close to the rear wall of the bracket. Itis not absolutely essential that the lag-screw be screwed up as tight aspossible, for the reason that it is concealed by the bracket and thedoor and is out of The door D operates above the pocket G and inconjunction with the bracket itself absolutely conceals from ICG viewthe lag-screw. One or more bolts C may now be used to fasten the bracketin a proper position on the car; but it will be understood that whilethese bolts serve to hold the bracket in its proper position thelag-screw H constitutes the means for securing the bracket to the car,and While the door remains in place this lag-screw is inaccessible.

I am aware that changes in the form and proportion of parts and detailsof construction of niyinvention may be made Without departing from thespirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof, and I therefore reservethe right to make all such changes as fall Within the scope of myinvention.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

l. The combination with a car-frame, of a bracket provided with apocket, a lag-screw passing through an opening in the rear Wall of thebracket to secure the bracket to the car-frame and having its headlocated in said pocket, and a car-door operating on the bracket abovethe pocket and in conjunction with the bracket concealing the lag-screwfrom View, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a car-frame, of a car-bracket provided with apocket in its upper face and an opening in the rear wall of said brackethaving an inclined lower edge, a lag-screw passing through said openingto secure the bracket to the car-frame and having its head located insaid pocket, and a cardoor, substantially as described.

EDVARD A. HILL.

Witnesses:

WM. O. BELT, C. L. Woon.

